NATIONAL ARCHIVES and RECORDS ADMINISTRATION Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20408 Phone, 202–501–5400

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Publications include NASA Directory of Superintendent of Documents or the Services for the Public, NASA Film List, National Technical Information Service and NASA Educational Publications List. (Springfield, VA 22151) may be obtained The Headquarters telephone directory from the NASA Center’s Information and certain publications and picture sets Center in accordance with the are available for sale from the Administration regulation concerning Superintendent of Documents, freedom of information (14 CFR, part Government Printing Office, 1206). Washington, DC 20402. Telephone Reading Room NASA Headquarters directories for NASA Centers are Information Center, Room 1H23, 300 E available only from the Centers. Street SW., Washington, DC 20546. Publications and documents not Phone, 202–358–1000. available for sale from the

For further information, contact the Headquarters Information Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546. Phone, 202–358–1000.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20408 Phone, 202–501–5400

Archivist of the United States JOHN W. CARLIN Deputy Archivist of the United States RALPH C. BLEDSOE, Acting Executive Director, National Historical GERALD W. GEORGE Publications and Records Commission Assistant Archivist for Federal Records Centers DAVID F. PETERSON Assistant Archivist for Public Programs LINDA N. BROWN Director of the Federal Register RICHARD L. CLAYPOOLE Assistant Archivist for Special and Regional RAYMOND A. MOSLEY Archives Assistant Archivist for Presidential Libraries RICHARD A. JACOBS, Acting Assistant Archivist for Records Administration JAMES W. MOORE Assistant Archivist for the National Archives MICHAEL J. KURTZ Assistant Archivist for Policy and Information RALPH C. BLEDSOE Resources Management Services Assistant Archivist for Administrative Services ADRIENNE C. THOMAS Inspector General ROBERT C. TAYLOR, Acting [For the National Archives and Records Administration statement of organization, see the Federal Register of June 25, 1985, 50 FR 26278]

The National Archives and Records Administration establishes policies and procedures for managing U.S. Government records. The National Archives assists Federal agencies in documenting their activities, administering records management programs, scheduling records, and retiring noncurrent records to Federal Records Centers. The agency accessions, arranges, describes, preserves, and makes available to the public the historically valuable records of the three branches of Government; manages the Presidential Libraries system; assists the National Historical Publications and Records Commission in its grant program for State and local records and edited publications of the papers of prominent Americans; and publishes the laws, regulations, and Presidential and other public documents. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 613 CENTERS OFFICE OF FEDERAL RECORDS OFFICE OF OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY PROGRAMS AND TRAINING GENERAL COUNSEL CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS AFFAIRS PUBLIC EQUAL EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL ARCHIVES TRUST FUND BOARD STAFF UNITS: STAFF THE FEDERAL REGISTER ARCHIVES OFFICE OF SPECIAL AND REGIONAL OF THE OFFICE OF UNITED STATES UNITED STATES ARCHIVIST OF THE DEPUTY ARCHIVIST PUBLIC PROGRAMS OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES SERVICES RESOURCES ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT SERVICES POLICY AND INFORMATION OFFICE OF OFFICE OF THE PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS NATIONALAND RECORDS ARCHIVES ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR GENERAL INSPECTOR NATIONAL HISTORICAL RECORDS COMMISSION RECORDS ADMINISTRATION RECORDS OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 614 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

The National Archives and Records valuable records of the U.S. Government Administration was established by act of dating from the Revolutionary War era to October 19, 1984 (44 U.S.C. 2101 et the recent past; arranges and preserves seq.), effective April 1, 1985, as an records and prepares finding aids to independent agency in the executive facilitate their use; makes records branch of the Government. It is the available for use in research rooms in all successor agency to the National of its facilities; answers written and oral Archives Establishment, which was requests for information contained in its created by act of June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. holdings; and, for a fee, provides copies 1122), and subsequently incorporated into the General Services Administration of records. In addition, many important as the National Archives and Records records are available on microfilm. Most Service by section 104 of the Federal of the historically valuable records in the Property and Administrative Services Act agency’s custody are maintained in the of 1949 (63 Stat. 381), approved June Washington, DC, area. Records that are 30, 1949. primarily of regional or local interest are, however, maintained in 13 regional Activities archives, the locations of which are Archival Program The National listed below. Archives maintains the historically Regional ArchivesÐNational Archives and Records Administration

City/Address Director Telephone

Anchorage, AK (654 W. 3d Ave., 99501) ...... Thomas C. Wiltsey ...... 907±271±2441 New York, NY (201 Varick St., 10014) ...... Robert Morris ...... 212±337±1300 Chicago, IL (7358 S. Pulaski Rd., 60629) ...... Peter W. Bunce ...... 312±581±7816 Denver, CO (Denver Federal Ctr., 80225) ...... Joel Barker ...... 303±236±0817 East Point, GA (1557 St. Joseph Ave., 30344) ...... Gayle P. Peters ...... 404±763±7477 Fort Worth, TX (501 W. Felix St., 76115) ...... Kent Carter ...... 817±334±5525 Kansas City, MO (2312 E. Bannister Rd., 64131) ...... R. Reed Whitaker ...... 816±926±6272 Laguna Niguel, CA (24000 Avila Rd., 92677) ...... Diane Nixon ...... 714±643±4241 Philadelphia, PA (9th and Market Sts., 19107) ...... Robert J. Plowman ...... 215±597±3000 Pittsfield, MA (100 Dan Fox Dr., 01201) ...... Jean Nudd ...... 413±445±6885 San Bruno, CA (1000 Commodore Dr., 94066) ...... Waverly Lowell ...... 415±876±9018 Seattle, WA (6125 Sand Point Way NE., 98115) ...... Phillip E. Lothyan ...... 206±526±6507 Waltham, MA (380 Trapelo Rd., 02154) ...... James K. Owens ...... 617±647±8100

For further information concerning records in the National Archives, contact the Reference Services Branch. Phone, 202–501–5400.

Presidential Libraries Through the The records of each President since Presidential libraries, which are located Herbert Hoover are administered by the at sites selected by the Presidents and agency. Once considered personal built with private funds, the agency papers, all Presidential records created preserves and makes available the on or after January 20, 1981, are records and personal papers of a declared by law to be owned and particular President’s administration. In addition to providing reference services controlled by the United States and are on Presidential documents, each library required to be transferred to the National prepares documentary and descriptive Archives at the end of the publications and operates a museum to administration, pursuant to the exhibit documents, historic objects, and Presidential Records Act of 1978 (44 other memorabilia of interest to the U.S.C. 2201 et seq.). public. Presidential LibrariesÐNational Archives and Records Administration

Library Address Director Telephone

Herbert Hoover Library ...... West Branch, IA 52358 ...... Timothy G. Walch, Acting 319±643±5301 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 615

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Library Address Director Telephone

Franklin D. Roosevelt Library ...... Hyde Park, NY 12538 ...... Verne W. Newton ...... 914±229±8114 Harry S. Truman Library ...... Independence, MO 64050 ...... Larry J. Hackman ...... 816±833±1400 Dwight D. Eisenhower Library ...... Abilene, KS 67410 ...... Daniel D. Holt ...... 913±263±4751 John F. Kennedy Library ...... Boston, MA 02125 ...... Bradley Gerratt ...... 617±929±4545 Lyndon B. Johnson Library ...... Austin, TX 78705 ...... Harry J. Middleton ...... 512±482±5137 Gerald R. Ford Library ...... Ann Arbor, MI 48109 ...... Frank H. Mackaman ...... 313±741±2218 Gerald R. Ford Museum ...... Grand Rapids, MI 49504 ...... James R. Kratsas ...... 616±451±9263 Nixon Presidential Materials Staff ... Washington, DC 20408 ...... William H. Cunliffe, Acting 301±713±6950 Jimmy Carter Library ...... Atlanta, GA 30307 ...... Donald B. Schewe ...... 404±331±3942 Ronald Reagan Library ...... Simi Valley, CA 93065 ...... Richard N. Smith ...... 805±522±8444 Bush Presidential Materials Project College Station, TX 77840 ...... David Alsobrook, Acting ... 409±260±9554

For further information, contact the Office of Presidential Libraries. Phone, 202–501–5700.

Federal Records Centers Federal records centers dispose of records of agencies retire certain noncurrent transitory value and transfer to the Office records to low-cost storage in Federal of the National Archives those that have records centers in accordance with enduring value. The centers also offer established disposition schedules. The technical assistance workshops and centers provide reference services, advice on file maintenance, storage, including loan or return of records to the records disposition practices, and vital agency of origin; prepare authenticated records. Reimbursable microfilming reproductions of documents; and furnish services are available from most centers. information from records. The Federal Federal Records CentersÐNational Archives and Records Administration

City/Address Director Telephone

Bayonne, NJ (Bldg. 22, Military Ocean Terminal, 07002) ...... Karen L. Lucas, Acting ... 201±823±7161 Chicago, IL (7358 S. Pulaski Rd., 60629) ...... David E. Kuehl ...... 312±353±0164 Dayton, OH (3150 Springboro Rd., 45439) ...... Denis Pauskauskas ...... 513±225±2878 Denver, CO (Bldg. 48, Denver Federal Ctr., 80225) ...... Robert Svenningsen ...... 303±236±0801 East Point, GA (1557 St. Joseph Ave., 30344) ...... William R. Craig, Acting .. 404±763±7438 Fort Worth, TX (Bldg. 1, Fort Worth Federal Ctr., 76115) ...... James W. Mouat ...... 817±334±5515 Kansas City, MO (2312 E. Bannister Rd., 64131) ...... John J. Allshouse ...... 816±926±7271 Laguna Niguel, CA (24000 Avila Rd., 92677) ...... Sharon L. Roadway ...... 714±643±4220 Philadelphia, PA (14700 Townsend Rd., 19151) ...... David S. Weber ...... 215±951±5588 Pittsfield, MA (100 Dan Fox Dr., 01201) ...... Gregory L. Schildmeyer .. 413±445±6885 San Bruno, CA (1000 Commodore Dr., 94066) ...... David D. Drake ...... 415±876±9015 Seattle, WA (6125 Sand Point Way NE., 98115) ...... Steven M. Edwards ...... 206±526±6503 St. Louis, MO (National Personnel Records Ctr., 9700 Page Ave., 63132) ...... David L. Petree ...... 314±538±4201 Suitland, MD (Washington National Records Ctr., 4205 Suitland Rd., 20409) ... Ferris Stovel ...... 301±457±7000 Waltham, MA (380 Trapelo Rd., 02154) ...... Diane Leblanc ...... 617±457±7000

For further information, contact the Office of Federal Records Centers. Phone, 301–713–7200.

Records Administration The agency provides guidance and assistance with develops standards and guidelines for respect to proper records management. the management and disposition of For further information, contact the Office of recorded information to ensure proper Records Administration. Phone, 301–713–7100. documentation of the organization, policies, and activities of the Laws, Regulations, and Presidential Government. It appraises Federal records Documents The agency prepares and and approves records disposition publishes a wide variety of public schedules. It also monitors archival documents. Upon issuance, acts of records not in the agency’s custody, Congress are published immediately in inspects agency records and records slip law (pamphlet) form and then management practices, develops records cumulated and published for each management training programs, and session of Congress in the United States Statutes at Large. 616 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

Each Federal workday, the Federal reproductions of historic documents, Register publishes current Presidential audiovisual materials, and publications proclamations and Executive orders, about the records, as well as gifts. The Federal agency regulations having Board invests these funds and uses general applicability and legal effect, income to support archival functions proposed agency rules, and documents such as the preparation of publications that are required by statute to be that make information about historic published. All Federal regulations in records more widely available. Members force are published annually in codified of the Board are the Archivist of the form in the Code of Federal Regulations. United States, the Secretary of the Presidential speeches, news Treasury, and the Chairman of the conferences, messages, and other National Endowment for the Humanities. materials made public by the White House are published each week in the For further information, contact the Secretary, National Archives Trust Fund Board. Phone, 301– Weekly Compilation of Presidential 713–6405. Documents and annually in the Public Papers of the Presidents. National Historical Publications and The Codification of Presidential Records Commission The agency Proclamations and Executive Orders supports the initiatives of this statutory furnishes, in one comprehensive source, commission in making plans, estimates, proclamations and Executive orders and recommendations for historical having general applicability and works and in cooperating with and continuing legal effect, with effective encouraging various non-Federal amendments incorporated into their agencies and institutions in gathering texts. The most current volume covers and publishing papers and other the period from April 13, 1945, to documents important for the study of January 20, 1989. American history. The Commission The United States Government awards grants to promote a variety of Manual, published annually, serves as historically oriented projects, such as the official handbook of the Federal archival programs, documentary Government, providing extensive publications projects, and archival and information on agencies of the editorial education. legislative, judicial, and executive branches. The Commission provides grant money for printed and microfilm For further information, contact the Office of the publications of the papers of important Federal Register. Phone, 202–523–4534; TDD, 202– 523–5229; Fax, 202–523–6866. American diplomats, politicians, reformers, scientists, and labor figures, as Public Programs The agency has an well as corporate and organizational extensive exhibits program. The records. A subsidy program provides Declaration of Independence, grants to nonprofit presses to help Constitution, and Bill of Rights are on support publication costs of sponsored permanent display in the National editions. Archives Building. The 1297 Magna Carta, on indefinite loan, is also on The Commission makes grants to State display. The agency exhibits numerous and local governments, historical other documents on a variety of societies, archives, libraries, and historical themes in its other facilities. associations for the preservation, arrangement, and description of For further information, contact the Office of historical records. Public Programs. Phone, 202–501–5200. Educational programs sponsored by the Commission include an institute to Other Activities train scholars in documentary editing, National Archives Trust Fund Board and fellowships in the fields of The National Archives Trust Fund Board documentary editing and archival receives monies from the sale of administration. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 617

For further information, contact the National Education Branch by calling 202–501– Historical Publications and Records Commission. Phone, 202–501–5600. 6729. Tours Individuals or groups may Sources of Information request general or specialty tours behind the scenes at the National Archives Calendar of Events The National Building. The tours are given by Archives Calendar of Events is published reservation only, and individuals are monthly. To be added to the mailing list, requested to make reservations at least 3 call 202–501–5525. For a recorded weeks in advance. The tours are given at announcement of events at the National 10:15 a.m. or 1:15 p.m., Monday Archives Building and the National through Friday. Call 202–501–5205 Archives at College Park, call 202–501– between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 5000. For the hearing impaired, call through Friday, to make reservations. 202–501–5450 for the announcement of Tours of the National Archives at events at the Archives Building and 301– College Park, MD, may be arranged by 713–7343 for events at the College Park calling the number above between 9 building. a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Speakers and Presentations Community Friday. and school outreach programs are Audiovisual Sales and Rentals The presented upon request. Interested National Audiovisual Center, which groups in the Washington, DC, area distributes federally produced motion should call 202–501–5205. Groups pictures, filmstrips, slide sets, and video outside the Washington, DC, area should and audio tapes, was transferred from contact the regional archive or the National Archives and Records Presidential library in their areas (See Administration to the National Technical listings on pages 614 and 615, Information Service, Department of respectively). Education specialists present Commerce. For information about workshops at regional and national available products and services, call 1– conferences of humanities professionals 800–553–NTIS (toll free). and as in-service training for teachers. Museum Shops Publications, document For further information, contact the facsimiles, and souvenirs are available Education Branch by calling 202–501– for sale in the National Archives 6729. Building, at each Presidential library, Publications Agency publications, and at some regional archives. including facsimiles of certain Educational Opportunities Several documents, finding aids to the records, courses are offered on archival and microfilm copies of many important records management principles and on records, and Prologue, a scholarly using the resources of the institution. journal published quarterly, are available ‘‘Going to the Source: An Introduction from the Publications Distribution Staff to Research in Archives,’’ is a 4-day, (NECD), National Archives, Room G–9, annual course on doing research in Washington, DC 20408. Phone, 1–800– primary sources. The course provides 234–8861 (toll free) or 202–501–5235. experience with documents, microfilm, Fax, 202–501–7170. Records finding aids, and research methodology management publications are available to researchers from such varied positions from the Office of Records as public policy analysts, museum Administration by calling 301–713– curators, and historical novelists. For 7100. further information, contact the Teaching Materials Education Education Branch by calling 202–501– specialists have developed low-cost 6729. documentary teaching materials for ‘‘Introduction to Genealogy’’ is a half- classroom use. Each kit deals with an day course offered several times a year historical event or theme and includes to introduce genealogists to the records document facsimiles and teaching aids. in the National Archives that can further For further information, contact the their research in family history. There are 618 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL also several half-day workshops each have equivalent training. Tuition is $350. month that focus on specific aspects of The Commission also offers three genealogical research. For further fellowships annually in advanced information, contact the Education documentary editing and two fellowships Branch by calling 202–501–6172. in mid-level archival administration. The The secondary school program editorial fellows work with document annually offers an 8-day workshop, publication projects supported or ‘‘Primarily Teaching,’’ to introduce endorsed by the Commission. The educators to the holdings of the National archival fellows work at a historical Archives and provide strategies for records repository in such areas as teaching with primary sources. For appraisal, collection development, further information, contact the personnel administration, budget Education Branch by calling 202–501– preparation, and external affairs. The 6729. fellows receive stipends and fringe The ‘‘Modern Archives Institute’’ is a benefits for a 9- to 10-month period. The 2-week course for archivists that fellowships are jointly funded by the introduces students to the principles and Commission and the Andrew W. Mellon techniques of archival work. It is offered Foundation. For further information, twice a year, in February and June, for a contact the National Historical fee. Students are advised to register 3 Publications and Records Commission, months in advance. Inquiries should be National Archives and Records sent to the Professional Development Administration, Washington, DC 20408. and Training Staff, National Archives and Phone, 202–501–5600. Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Volunteer Service Opportunities A Road, Room 3110, College Park, MD wide variety of opportunities are 20740–6001. Phone 301–713–7390. available for volunteers. At the National A 2-day files improvement workshop Archives Building and the National and a 3-day records disposition Archives at College Park, MD, volunteers workshop are designed for any Federal conduct tours, provide information in the Government employee with Exhibition Hall, work with staff archivists responsibility for the records creation, in processing historic documents, and filing, and disposition process. For serve as genealogical aides in the further information, contact the Agency genealogical orientation room. For Services Division. Phone, 301–713– further information, call 202–501–5205. 7100. Similar training is offered by the Similar opportunities exist in the Federal records centers for agency field Presidential libraries and at some of the employees. For further information, regional archives. contact any Federal records center listed Congressional and Public Affairs on page 615. Congressional Affairs maintains contact A half-day program is offered by the with, and responds to, inquiries from Office of the Federal Register to provide congressional offices. For congressional public instruction on how to research inquiries, call 202–501–5506. Fax, 202– Federal regulations that directly affect 273–3139. them. The program, ‘‘The Federal Public Affairs maintains contact with Register: What It Is And How To Use It,’’ and responds to media inquiries and is conducted in Washington, DC, and in issues press releases and other literature. major regional cities. For further For media inquiries call 202–501–5525. information, call 202–523–4534. Public Affairs also maintains contact The National Historical Publications with organizations representing the and Records Commission Institute for the archival profession, scholarly Editing of Historical Documents is held organizations, and other groups served for 2 weeks each summer at the by the National Archives. University of Wisconsin, Madison. Reference Services Records are Admission is competitive and applicants available for research purposes in should hold a masters degree in reading rooms at the National Archives American history or American studies or Building, Seventh Street and NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 619

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, the available documents. There is no DC; at the National Archives at College charge for using fax-on-demand, other Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, than for telephone service. MD; at the Washington National Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act Records Center in Suitland, MD; and at Requests Requests should be directed each Presidential library, Federal records as follows: center, and regional archives. Written Administrative records of the National requests for information may be sent to Archives and Records Administration: any of these units; however, if Administrative Service, National uncertainty exists as to which unit in Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Washington, DC, and Maryland to Road, College Park, MD 20740–6001. address, send reference requests to the Phone, 301–713–6750. Fax, 301–713– National Archives, User Services 7389. Division, Room 3360, 8601 Adelphi Rd, College Park, MD 20470–6001. Historical records in the custody of the The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff Office of the National Archives: Office also has a reading room at the National of the National Archives, National Archives at College Park, located in Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi room 1320 (phone, 301–713–6950). Road, College Park, MD 20740–6001. Some Nixon materials are available for Phone, 301–713–7000. public inspection, but researchers are Historical records in the custody of a advised to contact the staff in advance to Presidential library: the library that has ascertain the availability of materials custody of the records (See pages 614 before visiting the facility. Requests for and 615 for addresses.). additional information should be Records in the custody of the Federal directed to the Reference Services records centers: the Federal agency that Branch, National Archives and Records transferred the records to the Federal Administration, Washington, DC 20408. records center. Phone, 202–501–5400. Inquiries concerning the holdings and Contracts Individuals seeking to do services of the National Archives can be business with the agency may obtain made electronically. The e-mail address detailed information from the is [email protected]. In addition, Acquisitions Staff, National Archives at information about the National Archives College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, and its holdings is available on the College Park, MD 20740–6001. Phone, Internet via the NARA gopher, CLIO. To 301–713–6755. access CLIO via the Internet, point your Employment For job opportunities gopher client at gopher.nara.gov, port 70 nationwide, contact the nearest agency (the default). To access the National facility or the Personnel Operations Archives gopher CLIO via the World Branch, Room 2002, 9700 Page Wide Web point your gopher client at Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63132. Phone, www.nara.gov. A third service, fax-on- 800–634–4898 (toll free); TDD, 314– demand, is an interactive fax retrieval 538–4799. system that allows users to select and Records Administration Information receive by fax a wide variety of agency- Center Upon request, the Records related information. To use the fax-on- Administration Information Center demand service, call 301–713–6905 provides individualized assistance in from the fax machine handset and follow answering records management the voice instructions. One of the questions. For further information, call options that can be selected is a list of 301–713–6677.

For further information, write or visit the National Archives and Records Administration, Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20408. Phone, 202–501–5400.